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History

Most complex clock in the world

by 53X11 on August 12, 2010

Wired has a story up about the most complex clock in the world, built by Jaquet-Droz to celebrate the 1774 “robot” built with clock works by Pierre Jaquet-Droz. The new creations writes the time and cost about $371K to build. Full Piece Here

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AP Photo Update

by 53X11 on March 18, 2010

AP has updated the caption on a 65 year old picture from WWII. The photo has been captioned / associated with the Bataan Death March, yet it turns out the photo is actually of US military burying the dead at a prison camp (Camp O’Donnell) that was at the end of the Bataan Death March. [...]

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US Government poison’s alcohol

by 53X11 on February 23, 2010

I am a student of and big fan of history, but Slate has a interesting story up about a part of US history I knew nothing about. During prohibition the US government had a program designed to taint industrial alcohol where it was lethal if consumed. This was designed to both discourage illegal drinking via [...]

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1950′s HDTV

by 53X11 on October 6, 2009

[H/T to Switched for this one] Gizmodo has a really interesting story up about a HD TV that was developed and which worked in the 50′s. No way to connect your DVD player though. Full story here.

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Frau Schickelgruber

by 53X11 on September 30, 2009

It seems that the piece of skull long believed to have from Adolf Hitlers skull may actually be from a woman. BBC story heree. The Russians are debating the claim though, based on access records to the piece of skull in question. Telegraph story here.

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